Laufenmühle Viaduct – Ebnisee loop from Wieslaufschlucht und Edenbachschlucht

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Laufenmühle Viaduct – Ebnisee loop from Wieslaufschlucht und Edenbachschlucht

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Laufenmühle Viaduct – Ebnisee loop from Wieslaufschlucht und Edenbachschlucht

04:31

16.4km

280m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 30, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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58 m

Laufenmühle Viaduct

Highlight • Bridge

The Wieslauftalbahn.
Since 2010 she has been going back up to Welzheim. As a tourist attraction, you can comfortably chug the steam train to Welzheim on the weekends.

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617 m

Wieslaufschlucht und Edenbachschlucht

Nature Reserve

6.95 km

Strümpfelbach Valley Nature Reserve

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

Simple and ingenious, as with relatively simple technology, the water pooled from several sources was pumped for decades from here out of the valley up to a 103 meters higher …

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9.36 km

Highland Cattle at Oberer Voggenhof

Highlight • Natural

These are very impressive animals that stand calmly and without stress in the pasture

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11.0 km

Ebnisee

Lake

11.3 km

Ebnisee

Highlight • Lake

The Ebnisee in the Swabian Forest is always a nice destination. In summer you can bathe in the lake with the dreamy backdrop. If you prefer to stay dry, you …

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16.3 km

Wieslauf Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

Due to the drought, the waterfall currently has little water. Otherwise definitely imposing.

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16.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.1 km

3.50 km

807 m

697 m

280 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.27 km

3.20 km

2.62 km

1.65 km

602 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (520 m)

Lowest point (350 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

12°C

2°C

66 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

June 3, 2023,Wieslaufschlucht – Strümpfelbacher-Wasserfall Runde von Laufenmühle

Super nice tour. Mainly in the forest and along the water. Therefore also recommended in hot weather. Just enjoy nature! Small waterfalls, bridges, paths and pure nature. The Ebnisee then invites you to eat and drink. Or just to cool off. After that comes a nice way to finish the tour.

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March 18, 2023,Wieslaufschlucht – Strümpfelbacher-Wasserfall Runde von Laufenmühle

Grandiose natural gorge tour with great paths and bridges. Cheers to the Wegmacher 👏. Really great and highly recommended!
However very muddy + slippery! You should be surefooted!
The way back from the Ebnisee to the Wieslauf is a normal forest path and easy to walk.

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October 5, 2021,Wieslaufschlucht – Strümpfelbacher-Wasserfall Runde von Laufenmühle und Ebnisee und lost place Turbinenhaus

It all started with the adventure trail, which was amazing, also saw deer. I didn't know what was coming. On the way back, an old lady spoke to me, around 90 years old, because she saw that I was looking for the way where I would like to go. I said back to the car at the Klingenmühle parking lot. …

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October 23, 2021,Wieslaufschlucht – Strümpfelbacher-Wasserfall Runde von Laufenmühle

Varied, wooded, and always close to water
This hike offers a very diverse flora. It follows two streams, across meadows, and through forested sections to Lake Ebnisee. Here, you can stop for refreshments at a restaurant. The route then follows the water's edge back to the starting point. However, the elevation gain is barely noticeable, especially on the way to …

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December 30, 2022,Wieslaufschlucht - Strümpfelbachtal - Ebnisee

Great tour to walk at any time of the year. However, the conditions were not ideal at the moment. In the gorge, the paths are very, very slippery due to mud.

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April 16, 2022,Durch Wieslaufschlucht und Strümpfelbachtal zum Ebnisee

Did a great, but also a little adventurous hike today. Very beautiful landscape, but these two gorges are better done in the dry season. On the first one, part of the trail had slipped, which made you climb. TheStockelbachtal was actually only very wet and muddy in a few places. From the Ebnisee it's totally easy on the meadow run …

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April 18, 2022,Wieslaufschlucht – Wieslaufschlucht Runde von Laufenmühle

nice tour... initially from the way but a lot more interesting than then towards the end... all in all a great tour😉👍👍

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May 1, 2025,Verbotene Wege mit Yvonne in Welzheim einfach nur schön Highlight Ebni See🥰

The tour was on May 1st. We went to Welzheim. The plan was to go to the Wieslaufschlucht. But ☝☝ there was something there. It's closed because of the floods last year. OK, something should be done there. Lots of brave hikers who took on the challenge went through the gorge. We followed. Some gave up. Yvonne and I made …

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